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H. G. GROSSE.

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APPLlCATlON FlLED MAY 18| |916.

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IRONING-B GARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14,- 1919.

Application led May 18, 1916. Serial No. 98,244.

To all whom z'z may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN G. GRossn, a citizen of the United' States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards; and I do hereby declare that the followin is a full, clear, and exact description tereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to' improvements in ironing boards and refers more specifically to that type of ironing board designed more specifically for ironing skirts, shirtwaists and `like articles of apparel.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide an improved construction of ironing board embracing, in combination with' an ordlnary skirt board, a sleeve board over which the sleeves of a waist or like garment are stretched to iron the same, so constructed and arranged as to permit the sleeve board to be swung bodily toward and away from the main ironing board' so as to permit the full'length of the ironing board to be utilized when the sleeve board is thus swung away therefrom and also arranged to enable the sleeve of a. garment to be ironed, when supported on the sleeve board, in the same position and by the same hand which the operator employs in ironing a skirt or other garment on the main ironing board.

Other objects 0f the invention are to improve and simplify ironing boards, and the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of the parts hereinafter described and shown inthe drawings, and is pointed out in the appended claims.-

In said drawings; y

Figure 1 is a planA view of an ironing board embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 'is a side elevation thereof.

The main board 10, over which such tubular articles as skirts are placed to iron the same, is made widest at its heel `end land tapers toward its other end, in the usual manner,

Yand said'bo'ard is supported Iat its widerfor heel end upon the horizontal frame or bracket 11 of a stand 12. Said stand is formed ywith a base 13 that may be bolted to the Hoor, 0r it may bel made suiiicientlymassive to support the board without permanent attachment to the floor. Said boardl is prefbracket 11 by engaging at its heel end under a hook-shaped fiange 14 rigid with the bracket and the board is provided between its ends with a downwardly opening socket that is engaged by an upstanding stud 14 which rises from the bracket 11. Between said fiange 14 and said stud the board rests on narrow horizontal ribs 14". This construction permits the main board to be readily removed from the frame by merely raisingthe front end of the board to disengage it from the stud 146L and by thereafter withdrawing the board from the flange 14. i

15 designates a sleeve board which, as herein shown, is arranged above the plane of the main board, but, as appear, it may be equally well arranged below the main or skirt board. The said sleeve board is made widest at its front end and tapers toward its rear end, or toward the wider end of the main or skirt board. It is supported at its wider front end upon the forward or free end of a swinging L-shaped arm 16, the lateral terminal portion 1.7 of which is hinged on an upright shaft 18 that is supported in any suitable manner in rearwardly extending brackets 19, 19, of the main supporting frame 11. The laterally directed end 17 of said arm 16 is made of a length to extend somewhat beyond one side of said main or skirt board 10. Said sleeve board 15 is fixed to a frame or plate 20 that is hinged, as by means of a stud 21, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, in an upstanding bearing 22 at the free end of the arm 16. When the sleeve board is not required to be used, it may'be swung away from the main or skirt ironing board 10 to or beyond the position illustrated in Fig. 1, so as to permit the board 10 to be partially or wholly employed to support an article of apparel requiring substantial space beyond the side of the main board to receive the outwardly swung or adjusted sleeve board. The dotted line position of the sleeve board15 indicates its position for use, and this po-` sition, by reason ofthe hinge connection of the arm 16 with the shaft 1 8, and the hinge connection of the sleeve board fra-me 20 with the arm 1G, permits said sleeve board to be adjusted near that side of the ironing board on which it is convenient` for the operator to stand when ironing garments sup ported on both the main ironing board and the sleeve board, and also permits the sleeve will hereinafter to be ironed thereon, andA without the sleeve i board` is directed toward the widerfor hee'l'end ofthema-in board s o-that therebyl sleeves of garments may be ironed wheny stretched over the board 15j 1n` the same'- position of the operator' and by the samel hand as that assumedy in ironing a skirt. rPhe.. advantage'of this arrangement will* befmade. clear from a consideration off thel following: The sleeveI of a` waist is placed.. oven the sleevev board with its shoulder portion, Where it is gathered at its point-ofi attachment` to the waist body,

attlie wider'end ofthe sleeve boardandinV ironing the sleevetheioperator will stand atthe left-hand side of the board ad]acent totheheatenQ), and'fbyctheuse of-the right hand directtlfiepointed-` end' of the ironto.-y

ward the-gathered: endv of the sleeve. The skirt is applied: tothe in ainV ork skirt-board with; the gathered or waste-.band portion at the narrow part of the board: and in position for thev operator7V tanding in the same positionu as: before,y and by.. the use of the right handrto direct the pointed endiron toward the. gatheredV portion of the slri'rt atxthe-waist-band. In both uses of the boardf theA operator standsfin.` the sameV position with respect tothe ironfsupport` 25 soythatthe' same movement ofthe arm both when: ironing the sleeve and the skirt carriesthe'irQn to. said iron'support. Thus it becomes unnecessary fory the operator to change the iron from one hand to the other whenk ironing different garments or for the operator to change. her position from one side@ of* the boardto the other. Sol far as the general, arrangement is concerned, the sleeve board maybe optionally arranged to swingeither over or underthe main or skirt board.v

25 designates air located` in rear and ironingboard 101. Said support may constitutef also'. agas-.heatedstovey by whichto maintain the iron heatedwhen not in use. When-1 anelectricallv heated` iron is usedthe. device 25 may-constitutemerely asupV` porty andneed playno, part in. lmaintaining the iron heated. Said support is maintained on the. vertical'k shaft 18. by means ofa laterally directed arm 26which is sustained on` saidshaft inany suitable manner. When the support comprises a gas-heated stove,` itmay be suppliedvby gas through Ya iron support which is at oney side of themain skirt boardtapered toward one end, withgan iron support at the wider end thereof; a sleeve boardv disposed in a different verticalE planeandV tapered toward the wider endof' the main or skirt boardy and theironsupport', a-nd` supporting means :for hinged tol a fixed support of the skirt board, with meansV forhinging said sleeve Aboard Y, at the wider end:

the forward wider end ofthe sleeveboard to saidfsupporting means.

2; An ironing board comprising a main board, with an ironsupport at oneend-there of, a sleeve board', and an-arm to onezendof which the forward end ofthe sleeve board is hinged, said arm being hinged at itsother endfto 'a' fixed support at thearear end of themain board andnear saidl ironsupport.

3; An ironing board comprising la main board, with aniron support at one end thereof', a sleeve board thereoveny a: horizontal', swingable L-shaped armhinged at itsshorter` end toav fixed support at the rear end of the mainboard near said-ironsup'port. and with' its: longer end eXtend-ingfforwardly along-` the mainboard, andi a hinge connectioni be* tween the free end-of; said arm and the foraward endl ofsaid sleeveboand'.

d. Au ironing-board comprising a maint board which is ta-p'ered toward oneendg with.

an iron` support' at its. wider end, a sleeve` board over the mainboard which vis tapered toward the wider'end of the main board and a sleeve-board supporting arm hinged toia ixed support near the wider end-.of the-.main board andl iron support andi to which the sleeve board is hinged at the forward wider,

end of the latten 5. in an ironing board, the combination wit-haa sleeve boa-rd, of* a supportingfarm rigid from end to end thereof,V means at one end of said arm to hingeit to afixed-sup port, andi. means at the otherend of said arm to hinge one endofthe sleeve board thereto, saidv sleeve board? extending at. itsy free end: toward the hinged` end of saidarm.A i

6. in an ironingaboard, the combinationwith a sleeve boar,ofa supporting armr rigid Vfrom end to end' thereof, and provided at one end. with. a bearing foot t'orest: onza horizontal support, means at the other end of said arm to, hinge it -to a fixed support, and means on saidv arm above said bearing` foot to hingeonej end of thev sleeve board thereto, with the free end of said board directed toward the hinged end of said arm.

7. rIhe combination with an L-shaped member having means t0 hinge its shorter arm to a fixed support, of an ironing board lying in a plane over the longer arm of said L-shaped member, and means t0 hinge the end of said longer arm of the member to the ironing board at the end of said board remote from the shorter arm of said member.

8. In an ironing board, an L-shaped member having means to hinge its shorter arm to a support and provided at the end of its longer arm with a bearing sleeve, and a sleeve board supporting plate hinged at one end to said bearing sleeve and extending at its other end toward the hinged end of said am.

Gopes of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the 9. In an ironing board, an L-shaped member having means to hinge its shorter arm to a support and provided at the end of its longer arm with a bearing sleeve, and a sleeve board supporting plate hin ed at one end to said bearing and extending at its other end toward the hinged end of said arm, said long armbeing provided beneath the hinge of the sleeve supporting plate with a bearing foot.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 8th day of May, 1916.

HERMAN G. GROSSE. Witnesses WILLIAM L. HALL, M. GERTRUDE ADY.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

